Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Discover

Places to see

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Hamm Lock

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Hamm Lock

Highlight • Monument

Hamm Lock

Recommended by 391 cyclists out of 423

Save

Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Save

See rides here

Take Me There

Routes here

Top cycling routes to Hamm Lock

4.7

(23)

158

riders

1. Datteln-Hamm Canal – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Nordenfeldmark

25.1km

01:30

50m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.5

(17)

116

riders

2. Heessen Castle – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Ahlen (Westf)

27.7km

01:40

90m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.7

(24)

riders

3. Heessen Castle – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Hamm (Westf) Hbf

22.8km

01:25

100m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

Tips

Stephan

March 25, 2018

The Hamm lock was built from 1912 to 1914 as the only lock on the Datteln-Hamm Canal. The water transfer between the canal and the Lippe is right next to the lock.

Translated by Google •

DirkOnTour

January 29, 2017

The water transfer in Hamm is a hydraulic engineering system at the Hamm lock of the Datteln-Hamm canal. It is used to regulate the water in the West German canal network and the Lippe.
In Hamm, the Lippe and canal run parallel to each other, separated by a canal side dam, which is also a flood dike.
The water transfer there consists of the following structures:
A roller weir near the Hamm lock dams the Lippe to an average of 58.15 meters above sea level. It is therefore a few centimeters higher than the parallel canal section up to the Werries lock (NN+57.95 metres).
Directly at the Hamm lock, the historic building of the water distribution system rises partly over the Lippe and partly over the free flow of the canal (see first aerial photo). Here the flap weirs are housed in the Lippe, with which the amount of water to be fed into the canal is controlled. There is also a turbine system[1] for power generation (475 kilowatts), which uses the mean head of the canal of 1.45 meters and the lip of 3.88 meters.
The pumping station is located below the building between the free flood and the lock.
In the headwater of the lock, about 1 km away at the Fährstraße bridge, is the feed structure (see second aerial photo), with which the Lippe water flows into the canal via a natural gradient (20 cm/m).
Below the lock is the transition structure, which feeds canal water into the Lippe when required. Since the Lippe has a greater drop than the canal lock, it is below the level of the canal here, so that canal water can be diverted using the natural gradient.

Translated by Google •

Edwin

June 21, 2018

beautiful bike path at the lock

Translated by Google •

Details

Informations

Elevation 110 m

Weather

Today

Friday 31 October

14°C

11°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See rides here

Take Me There

Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Datteln-Hamm Canal

Lippeauen bei Schloss Heessen

Die Ostenallee

Willows Along the Geithe Path

Ahsepark Ponds

Kissinger Höhe Observation Tower

Radbod Colliery Headframes

Naturerlebnispfad Heessener Wald

Hamm Canal Pathway

Bootshaus am Datteln-Hamm-Kanal

Cycle Path at Hammer Hafen

Minigolf at the Kurpark Gradierwerk

Hamm Lock

1. Datteln-Hamm Canal – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Nordenfeldmark

2. Heessen Castle – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Ahlen (Westf)

3. Heessen Castle – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Hamm (Westf) Hbf

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️